Perspective

By Bilal Abdul Kareem Tags: Bashar Assad, Aleppo, Aid Convoy, Syria Negotiations, FSA, Al Qaeda, Islamic State Show comments Five years on, Syria is no longer a conflict that can be solved with negotiations among powers that lack the will in the first place Most of the outside world watched in horroratnewsthatthe ill-fated Aleppo aid convoy was blasted and burned.…

By Franklin Lamb Pauper’s Cemetery, Najha, Syria One month old conjoined twins Narwas and Mou’az Al-Hashash died needlessly this month in a Damascus hospital because they were the innocent victims of what International Humanitarian Law defines as War Crimes. (Photo: Courtesy of Zahra Hospital, East Ghouta, Syria) The boys are buried in an unmarked pauper’s grave…

By Ertan Aydin The coup failed because the Turkish people acted like true Jedi Knights of democracy, resisting the tanks and bullets of Gulen’s Hizmet Army The details of Turkey’s 15 July coup attempt show a surprising resemblance to the plot of theStar Wars films. If the uprising had been successful, then this article would have…

By Peter Speetjens Allegations of complicity in 2002 riots that saw some 2,000 Muslims killed belie Modi’s efforts to present himself as a moderate statesman A special court in the city of Ahmedabad, the capital of western India’s Gujarat state, in June condemned 11 people to life for their role in deadly inter-religious riots in 2002. This…

By Rori Donaghy Emirati company part-owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, brother of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, is key supplier of cows to Israel Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan at a Premier League football match (AFP) A senior Emirati royal is a significant shareholder of a billion-dollar company that is…

By Rori Donaghy Company owned by former Israeli intelligence agent was responsible for installing Abu Dhabi’s mass surveillance system Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed arrives for opening of World Future Energy Summit (AFP) Authorities in Abu Dhabi announced on Wednesday the launch of an emirate-wide surveillance system, which Middle East Eye previously…

by Khaled Diab Portraits of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and late president Gamal Abdel Nasser are seen on a wall in Cairo [Getty] Egyptians refuse to believe the lie that they are docile sheeple who need a father figure to shepherd them. “I am not pharaoh … After two revolutions, nobody who occupies this…

By Peter Oborne Cameron must make a statement apologising to Gani in the House of Commons I had never heard a political lie as squalid as the one told by David Cameron in Prime Minister’s Questions on 20 April – and for which he offered a very belated semi-apology late last…

By Mohamed Abul Ghar Egypt is going through harsh times relative to the economy and international relations. This ordeal is made worse not by an evil scheme, as the president says, but rather by the failure to establish a modern and transparent regime, and the adoption of a regime that grants the president unlimited…

By Shahira Amin Egyptian journalists hold a banner during a protest against the interior minister following the arrest of colleagues for covering anti-government demonstrations, outside the Egyptian Press Syndicate in downtown Cairo, April 28, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany) Egypt’s media wars intensify Egypt is deeply polarized, and nowhere are the divisions more evident…